Deadly Doses: A Writer's Guide to Poisons

Deadly Doses: A Writer's Guide to Poisons
(Howdunit Series)
By Serita Deborah Stevens, Anne Klarner

• Publisher: Writer's Digest Books


• Number Of Pages: 298


• Publication Date: 1990-07


• ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0898793718


• ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780898793710

Product Description:

Describes the symptoms, forms, methods of administration, and reactions of various poisons, and briefly traces the history of poisioning.



Summary: Attention writers: This book could save your life
Rating: 5

If your tough guy in your hard-boiled detective story/police procedural/cozy thrillerdrops dead after one bit of the amanita pantherina, or the panther mushroom, and shows no symptoms, the uninformed may think your scene is shocking and dramatic, while fans in the know will probably feed you some wild grapes. If you read Deadly Doses: A Writer's Guide to Poisons, you probably won't know that the poisonous plant moonseed can be mistaken for wild grapes, you'd know that your tough guy, after eating amanita pantherina would first get an upset stomach, feel lightheaded, and get dehydrated from tears and sweat, before succumbing to death at least one and a half to three hours later. However, your tough guy would have had to eat a whole trunk full of mushrooms and been, well, too tough to go to a doctor.

R.N. and writer Serita Deborah Stevens and partner-in-crime Anne Klarner give a would-be Ed McBain or Sue Grafton all the lethal ammunition you need in this reference guide to poisons. Read Deadly Doses and avoid the wrath of a homicidal fan.



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